Prediction: Now that Ted is winning the GSs by wide margins...and the Austrians (of course) claim that he is cheating, the FIS is going to commission another study from the U. of Salzberg (funded by Atomic, of course) with the tagline "Did we say 35m? We had our fingers crossed, it really was 27M after all!"

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Originally Posted by SkiNut

Well lets hope the smart folks at FIS step in and change the rules like they did for GS to make sure this does not happen again!

Prediction: Now that Ted is winning the GSs by wide margins...and the Austrians (of course) claim that he is cheating, the FIS is going to commission another study from the U. of Salzberg (funded by Atomic, of course) with the tagline "Did we say 35m? We had our fingers crossed, it really was 27M after all!"

Two things I'd like to get off my chest here, so prepare for a rant. One, why do so many U.S. ski racing fans use their country's racers' first names, like they know them personally? We don't do that in any other sport, I don't remember anyone discussing Joe Montana as "Joe" or Greg Maddux as "Greg." WTF? And second, why so paranoid about the Evil Alpine Nations and their wicked agenda? Come on. Americans are great, even dominant at lots and lots of sports. The Austrians are good at one sport. Let's be just a little bit magnanimous here. If they want to jealously guard their supposed advantages, so be it.

Two things I'd like to get off my chest here, so prepare for a rant. One, why do so many U.S. ski racing fans use their country's racers' first names, like they know them personally? We don't do that in any other sport, I don't remember anyone discussing Joe Montana as "Joe" or Greg Maddux as "Greg." WTF? And second, why so paranoid about the Evil Alpine Nations and their wicked agenda? Come on. Americans are great, even dominant at lots and lots of sports. The Austrians are good at one sport. Let's be just a little bit magnanimous here. If they want to jealously guard their supposed advantages, so be it.

hmmm. I don't think it's just skiing. I think it's individual sports. I can picture it being done in tennis, golf, swimming ... etc. Last names are used, too, but I remember a lot of Tiger, Andre, Missy, and so on.

Maybe it would make sense to do it for those athletes that refer to themselves in third person. Like Rickey Henderson. Anyone who says, about himself, "Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo" deserves to be called by his first name. In Prickly's book.

hmmm. I don't think it's just skiing. I think it's individual sports. I can picture it being done in tennis, golf, swimming ... etc. Last names are used, too, but I remember a lot of Tiger, Andre, Missy, and so on.

Maybe it would make sense to do it for those athletes that refer to themselves in third person. Like Rickey Henderson. Anyone who says, about himself, "Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo" deserves to be called by his first name. In Prickly's book.